Course Code MEPC-27/PRPC-29 Course Title Statistical Quality Control And Reliability Number of Credits 4 Prerequisites (Course code) Production Technology-II (MEPC22) Course Type EPR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1 . To understand the fundamentals of Quality, Economics of Quality and T.Q.M. 2. To understand the basic statistical concepts, decision preparatory of the control charts, their applications and Process Capability Behaviour. 3. To understand the concepts of Acceptance Sampling, Sampling Plans and their applications. 4. To understand the Reliability and its relationship with Availability and Maintainability. COURSE CONTENTS : UNIT-I Introduction Quality – Basic Concepts: Issues in Quality, factors affecting quality, creating quality by design, product development cycle, economics of quality, Various definitions, ISO definition of quality and its meanings, and various phases till TQM and its meaning to industries, customers and employees, contribution of quality gurus etc. towards quality concepts. Total Quality management: its scope application and implementation. Quality circle: its objectives, structure and techniques, Variability concept in manufacturing –cycle, fishbone diagrams, charts in time philosophy. (8 hrs) UNIT-II Quality Control Basic statistical concepts, various types of distributions, General theory X and R chart. Decision preparatory to the control charts. Trial control limits. Selection of sub-groups. Charts with variable subgroups. Reject and Revoke, limits for average on X charts, modified control limits, specification limits, practical limitations. Control charts for fraction defectives, calculation and plotting of control limits, sensitivity of p chart, applications, and Control charts for Defects, difference between defect and defective, calculation and plotting of control limits, application. Pi charts and u charts, plotting of charts. Tests for various control charts. Tests for various control charts, process capability- inherent and potential capability. (12 hrs)